End Of Freshman Year

I can't believe that it is here but my fresman yeah of college is over with. Looking back it went really fast but I sure has some good times. I loved all the sports this year and the friends I have made. I know that I will always look back on this year with a smile in my face. I am excited about next year but know that in some way it will be different than this first year. Over all I love Clemson and know that the next 3 years here will be fantastic!

Summer Job

Since it is now summer for me and school has done it is time to find a job. This sounds way easier than it really is. First of all there are many different directions to go. However, this is only half the problem. The problem is fiding somewhere that will hire me soon and give me good pay. There are some other things that go along with a new job; like will they gove me time off when I need it, do they pay by the week, and if they will give the amount of hours that I desire. Hopefully I will be able to find a place that has all these things for my job this summer.

Golf Observation

Today was my first day of summer break and the first thing I did was go play golf at my local golf course. I was so excited to play but quiclky found out that the little golfing skill I had possesed was gone. I guess it was the 6 month lay off I had. However, it was still a bitter discovery that I faced. I can only hope that my brain will not do the same thing after the 4 month lay off it has ahead of it called summer.

Exam Week Stress

It always seem that at the end of the semester the grades you have worked so hard on the whole year come down to one test. My question is this really fare? is it really necessary for finals to carry so much weight? I feel that if you have shown for four months that you know the material and have learned it then you should not be required to take the final. If this strategy was used then the stress level in students would drop a great deal. 

Thoughts on the Other Groups Presentations

It was very interesting to see the other four groups give their presentations and present their arguments through different forms of media. One presentation that I found very interesting was the second groups presentation on fraternities. I think that they did a good job showing the positive side of fraternities and how they help out in the community and how they build strong leaders. I think that their use of different video and power point produced an affective presentation that helped me better understand greek life.

Initial Thoughts of Presentation

Today was the day that my group gave our presentation. There were a few thing that I was nervous about going in to it; a few of these concerns were if we would have sufficient length, if video links would work, and if my teammates could clearly present their information. Our presentation went smoothly and I feel good about how we presented our information. We used the right amount of time and everyone on my team used an equal amount of time when discussing their section of information. I was confident about my videos and felt good about showing them. The only disappointing thing was that they did not load right away, but this did not effect the presentation to much. I enjoyed presenting our work and believe that it will lead to a good overall grade in the class.

How our final presentation will look

-       We will have a flyer to hand out that will be followed by to brief movies. Finally we will discuss the things on the website.

-       They already know a lot about how to communicate with today’s technology but they do not know the history. I feel they will find it interesting to learn about the history of communication

-       We are trying to inform people about the change in technology communication of the years and how it is improved.

-       I feel like the videos will hold peoples attention very well

-       The hook for the audience is that there will not be much talking but a lot of the information will be presented.

-       The most effective appeal will be a combination of logic and emotion.

-       I feel like the best argument will be to define the history of communication

-       We will probably end it with our final video